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Really. Liz is (as always) an evil influence, and thus I downloaded Gemini to watch... And it restored my squee (which has been stomped a lot by the anti-Farscape sentiment I keep seeing along with the "Farscape fans blame SG-1 for getting their show cancelled!" trend, which is sad, since SG-1 is NOT the reason. Crap like Scare Tactics, John Edwards, Ghost Hunters, Proof Positive, etc, are the easy cash cow-money-makers that SciFi canned FS to make. Coupled with the "they should bring back Jonas instead/Ben Browder sucks/etc" line of reasoning... *eyeroll* This is gonna be like the Doctor Who vs Sliders debate, ain't it...)
eta: I have, btw, seen very little "ohmfg, Ben on SG-1 is a bad thing because SG-1 sucks!" But it could simply be that the Farscapers are more polite, or something.

First off. OF COURSE THIS EPISODE WAS SHIPPY, YOU IDIOTS! Peter DeLuise wrote it.

I missed catching the director, but my money's on Martin Wood.

Moving along, WHY isn't Sam more paranoid? Dude, she's been around Jack for 8 years now, you'd think it would rub off (there should be lots of Sam and Jack rubbing on each other).

RepliCarter. Very good at being innocent and vulnerable. Am I the ONLY one who noticed that she didn't kill anyone? Maybe it's not significant. But the thing is, she stalks all over the damn place, she kills Fifth, and... she leaves every human alive. Why?

Sam and Jack at the beginning: very shippy. *smacks Jack* No! Having two Carters does NOT mean you get both! (although, I died there). Sam and Jack at the end: still shippy, with Teal'c being Mr. Amused at the Children. Daniel and Sam at the beginning: "Did Jack say he needed you?" HAHAHAHAHAH! Daniel! You're a bad man! I love that they're going to send some people out to Pegasus. Heeee.

There was snark, but not enough. There was amusement. There was... RC killing Jack in Sam's head to make her sad. *snicker* Guess Fifth did dig deep enough, but DISCOUNTED the Jack Factor when building his VR in New Order.

hrm. I still wanna kinda write fic. Maybe something sappy....

All in all? Decent ep. *pets Sam*

HAH! Jacob now has ~~three~~ two daughters! ... dude. The Tok'ra should meet the replicators.

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...sigh. I had this long post about my timeline as opposed to fannishness of FS and SG. But LJ ate it.

Suffice it to say, at the time of Farscape's cancellation, I was neither a Farscape fan nor an SG-1 fan. So I wasn't on fansites, and thus, missed the fanwankage, apparently. (I still say this reminds me of the Sliders vs Doctor Who rants circa 1997...)

*scritches*

Hate it when LJ does that! HATE.

I've been a Farscape fan since sometime in season 1, when I realized that Ben Browder played John like a human equivalent of a Golden Retriever, complete with total befuzzlement. He came across to me like someone who's just been whacked upside the head with a two-by-four and just can't figure out, for the life of him, why. For some reason, that appeals to me (makes me laugh, which should worry me).

THEN Season 2 picked up the pace and started punching home with PLOT, omg! And they started doing things they'd never get away with on the big four. And they made John kinda dark, in a way, but also very real. I don't think Ben Browder has ever been given a role like that, and it just might be the once-in-a-lifetime shot. He acted the hell out of it and omg, I love it.

Sliders vs. Dr. Who? *blinks* Sliders was a series with such potential, all untapped. *sniffle*

*enjoys scritch*

SLIDERS! *dies*

My absolute favorite bit from Sliders? After they've discovered penicillin for the reality where they hadn't yet, and Quinn's all happy cos he made a difference and what'sherface was gonna live...and then there was the whole, "Did you tell her about the cannibals?" bit at the end. PURE GOLD, OMG!!

Yeah... Don't know if it made too huge of an impact, but back when Fox was considering making a Doctor Who series, there was (this was all fan-rumor on the Who side of things, btw), apparently, consideration. Make Doctor Who. Or make Sliders.

After the TV movie for DW bombed, well... They made Sliders.

*g*

OMG, I remember that TV movie.

I was never a Dr. Who fan. Plenty of people I knew were or are, but I just never...got into it. Plus it's got more history than most TV shows.

But I tried to pick up on the TV movie. (What IS it with him regenerating younger each time? Next time, he'll be a toddler! Heh.) I figured since Spielberg picked up the U.S. rights, it couldn't suck, could it?

OMG, it so could.

Even with the lack of goodness that was much of Sliders, it was better than perpetuating that dreck.

*giggles* Mock not Paul McGann in a fluffy wig and green/brown frock coat. ;)

*doesn't touch the age of the Docs, 'cause she doesn't remember it, and she already HAS 25 years of canon continuity crammed into her brain*

(which would be why I snigger anytime someone says Star Trek is the longest-running SF show/spinoff/thingamabob)

Yes. Sadly, the TV movie wasn't... very good. The actors tried, really, but the plot? Could've been SO much better....

And, uh, I've watched bits and pieces of Sliders. It wasn't exactly all that great either.

And, uh, I've watched bits and pieces of Sliders. It wasn't exactly all that great either.

Oh, no doubt. Like I said, I felt it was best known for its utterly wasted potential.

Best scene was a throwaway at the end of an episode. Gaaaah.

But! It did have Jerry O'Connell (Conner? I'm bad about that), and it did apparently decide that the ratings went up whenever he took his shirt off. It was amusing seeing how many ways they came up with to try and justify it.

*dies*

The only reason any of us force ourselves to watch Crossing Jordan is that there was an episode without Jordan, once. And it was actually good. And Jerry O'Connell TOOK HIS SHIRT OFF. For the record, we all stopped talking and zeroed in on the screen....

...we're so shallow. ;)

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